In the middle of the Kenyan wilderness, an oasis has been created. Research results show that clean water and farming practices developed for harsh conditions have resulted in significant change there. Unlike previous generations, children no longer suffer from hunger.
The world’s worst crises are protracted and forgotten. Fida and its partners respond to the acute emergency with food, child protection, and farming support.
Today, 270 million people in the world live in need of humanitarian aid. Historically, the figure is at an all-time high. The European Humanitarian Forum brought together a wide range of actors to consider how our continent will respond to the alarming situation.
When the others left, Nina Ognivchuk (right) remained amid the war to help those fleeing the bombings. The centre she runs provides temporary lodging for those who need it. She says that God has given her strength to continue amid the chaos.
The sleepy small town of Zahóny on the Hungarian-Ukrainian border was turned into a teeming junction station in an instant. One of those heading for a new life is Elena, who fled Kiev.
Access to safe food and clean water is a challenge for many. For the Batwa in East Africa, the changed usage of forests for other purposes has triggered their spiral into misery. In an agrarian country, weather conditions and droughts have varied unpredictably. Sustainable farming methods prevent problems caused by unsafe food.
Nineteen-year-old Irene sat at the Zahóny border, waiting to continue onwards. Her mind was in turmoil. Fear, that her baby will enter the world at a train station. For three days, Irene waited for help with her mother and siblings. Before this, they had waited a long time on the Ukrainian side to cross the border.
Fida is helping refugees on the Ukraine-Hungary border by providing emergency accommodation, meals, and hygiene supplies. Over 280,000 refugees have crossed the border.
In the last two years, I have been to Hungary three times: just before the coronavirus pandemic in February 2020, in September 2021, and now in March 2022. This time everything’s different.
Budapest train station has become a crossroads in two weeks. Despair and hesitant hope, uncertainty and fatigue, and goodwill and horror mix into a chaos at Hungary capital’s train station. For some Ukrainian refugees this is a destination, for others a stopover, and only a shaky step in any direction for some.